# Cardinals Announce 2022 Opening Day Roster

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/cardinals-announce-2022-opening-day-roster/
- Published: 2022-04-07T09:34:39-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

**_CARDINALS ANNOUNCE 2022 OPENING DAY ROSTER;_** **_17 PLAYERS DEVELOPED WITHIN
THE ORGANIZATION; SIX NEWCOMERS ON TEAM_**

**ST. LOUIS, MO., April 7, 2022 **– The St. Louis Cardinals will open their 131^(
ST) season of play in the National League this afternoon when they host the Pittsburgh
Pirates at 3:15 p.m. CDT in the opening game of the 162-game Major League Baseball
regular season. The team’s 28-player active roster includes six first-time Cardinals(
[Aaron Brooks](https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=brookaa01,brooks002aar&search=Aaron+Brooks&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral),
[Corey Dickerson](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dickeco01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral),
[Steven Matz](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/matzst01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral),
[Andre Pallante](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=pallan000and&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral),
[Drew VerHagen](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/verhadr01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)
and [Nick Wittgren](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wittgni01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)),
one rookie (Andre Pallante) and 17 players that were developed within the Cardinals
organization.

The team announced that left-handed pitcher [Brandon Waddell](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/waddebr01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)
has been outrighted to the Memphis (AAA) roster in order to make room for Pallante
on the team’s 40-player Major League roster.

The following is the Cardinals 2022 Opening Day active roster and injured list:

**PITCHERS (15):** Aaron Brooks-RHP, [Genesis Cabrera](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cabrege01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)-
LHP, [Giovanny Gallegos](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gallegi01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)-
RHP, [Ryan Helsley](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/helslry01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)-
RHP, [Jordan Hicks](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hicksjo03.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)-
RHP, [Dakota Hudson](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hudsoda02.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)-
RHP, Steven Matz-LHP, [T.J. McFarland](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcfartj01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)-
LHP, [Miles Mikolas](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mikolmi01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)-
RHP, Andre Pallante-RHP, Drew VerHagen-RHP, [Adam Wainwright](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wainwad01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)-
RHP, [Kodi Whitley](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/whitlko01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)-
RHP, Nick Wittgren-RHP, [](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/woodfja01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)
[Jake Wood](https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=woodja01,wood--002jak&search=Jake+Wood&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)
ford-RHP;

**CATCHERS (2):** [Andrew Knizner](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kniznan01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)
and [Yadier Molina](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/molinya01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral);

**INFIELDERS (6):** [Nolan Arenado](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/arenano01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral),
[Paul DeJong](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dejonpa01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral),
[Tommy Edman](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/edmanto01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral),
[Paul Goldschmidt](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/goldspa01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral),
[Albert Pujols](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pujolal01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral),
and [Edmundo Sosa](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sosaed01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral);

**OUTFIELDERS (5):** [Harrison Bader](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/baderha01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral),
[Dylan Carlson](https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=carlsdy01,carlso001dyl&search=Dylan+Carlson&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral),
Corey Dickerson, [Lars Nootbaar](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nootbla01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)
and [Tyler O’Neill](https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=oneilty01,oneill001tyl&search=Tyler+O'Neill&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral);

**INJURED LIST (2):** [Jack Flaherty](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/flaheja01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)-
RHP (10-Day), [Alex Reyes](https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=reyesal02,reyes-001ale&search=Alex+Reyes&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)-
RHP (60-Day).

**— STL —**

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